In haste with aloha : letters and diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 /

This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonālani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Emma, Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1836-1885 (Author)
Other Authors: Forbes, David W. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Emma, > Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, > 1836-1885 > Correspondence.
Emma, > Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, > 1836-1885 > Diaries.
Emma, > Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian Islands, > 1836-1885.
HISTORY > Oceania.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Royalty.
Kings and rulers > Social life and customs.
Hawaii > Kings and rulers > Social life and customs > Sources.
Hawaii.
Diaries.
Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "The family of four is reduced", 1880
  • Rooke House under quarantine : a diary and letters, 1881
  • Town gossip and an excursion to Maui : letters of June-December 1881
  • A busy spring and summer : letters of February-July 1882
  • Summer entertainments, church matters, and a visit to Kāhala : letters of August-December 1882
  • The year of the coronation : letters of 1883
  • The gathering clouds : a diary and letters, 1884
  • The fateful trip to Kāhala, July-August 1884
  • Last letters and the final farewell, 1885
  • "The good queen is gone" : a letter from the priory,1885
  • Lying in state at Rooke House, and at Kawaiahaʻo Church (1885)
  • Queen Emma's funeral at Kawaiahaʻo Church (1885).

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